Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius 2021

Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius

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Mercury Retrograde periods can be daunting sometimes, like the one in October-November 2020. If you live in the USA, you know exactly what I am talking about. However, there is always something to learn about your mind, how you think, how you use your mind and the information you receive, how you can improve communications, how to increase your knowledge.

 

Mercury has a short revolution cycle around the Sun, changing his identity character, sometimes swiftly, through every Sign of the Zodiac in just around 88 days. Mercury has the ability to infuse himself with each of the Signs’ qualities, helping you evolve the quality of your mind and ideas. 

 For the last two years, the retrograde periods were highly charged with emotions, because Mercury spend such a long time in Water Signs. This year, all his retrograde cycles happen in Air Signs, focusing and strengthening your intellectual abilities. 

 Mercury will turn retrograde at 26º 29’ until 11º 1’ of Aquarius. The qualities of the higher mind will be emphasized. Aquarius is the Sign of intellectual abstractions, of social connections. There, he enjoys linking unrelated ideas in a way that results in a totally new conceptualization. 

 Mercury in Aquarius goes against the grain, thinks out of the box, receives sparks of brilliance, and may enlighten your mind. However, you may accept ideas you’ve never understood before, or you may stubbornly defend your point of view like your life is at risk without it. Some may become mentally cynical, or have a sarcastic tone to their opinions. If you have planets, angles or points between those degrees, its influence will be obvious to you. 

 Another factor to consider during this Mercury retrograde period is the overpopulation of Aquarius. As he turns retrograde January 30, there are 6 celestial bodies there, Saturn, Jupiter, Sun, Chariklo, Pallas Athene and Mercury. And Venus enters Aquarius on February 1st. They increment the Aquarian energy 7-fold or more! This agglomeration happened last time in February 1962! You will identify with Humanity at large, center your attention in social issues, think a lot about your hopes and goals for the future, and increase your urge to be with your friends or to belong to a group of like-minded people. 

 

What does this Mercury retrograde period is all about specifically? 

There are several challenges, but it’s mainly about reorienting the thought patterns, realizing any unrealistic perception of reality, and making room for softer ideological positions. Criticism, arguments and full disclosure of ideas may endanger or deeply hurt relationships as well. This is not just a guess out of my imagination. In order to come up with these conclusions, I studied all the aspects Mercury will make going direct first starting in the pre-shadow (January 15 at 11º♒️1’), then as he goes back over, and direct again up until March 13 when he comes out of the retrograde shadow (26º♒️29’). 

 Let’s take a look at them one by one. 

 The very first is a trine to the North Node of the Moon (Jan 20; Rx Feb 10; March 2). Your mind has the possibility to easily reorient thoughts with factual information. Time to let go of thought patterns based on outdated beliefs, adjust your vision of the world at large in relation to actual pieces of knowledge. You may realize that your spiritual practice, education, or religious beliefs don’t fit anymore with your social reality. You may also adopt a polarized perspective, or see increasing opposing viewpoints around you, among friends, siblings or relatives. 

Consider this Mercury in Aquarius an opportunity to develop a higher understanding and develop a wider encompassing intellectual perspective, as well as listening to stranger ideas with objectivity. 

Mercury forms several semi-sextiles (30º angle), which adds a tone of mental disparity and the need to reconcile unrelated approaches. 

 Jan 20, Feb 8 Rx, Mar 8. Mercury semi-sextile Neptune represents a challenge to think realistically, to communicate clearly, and avoid denial of reality. During this aspect, you may experience mental fog, confusion of perception or unrealistic conceptualization. You may be prone to utopian ideals, self-doubt, intellectual uncertainty, and vacillation regarding your beliefs. Imaginary fears are possible also. It’d be useful to let go of fantasies, distractions, delusions, impractical theories, and unproven information. Your ideas may lack structure, your thought process may be disorderly and result in confusion. Faith, hopes and illusions are not reliable. Conversations with others may be ambiguous leading to misunderstandings or misinterpretations. Make a goal of expressing yourself with clarity in all your communications, support your ideas with facts and proven truths to avoid misleading or confusing your audience. 

 Jan 26, Feb 3 Rx, Mar 13. Mercury semi-sextile Pluto represents a challenge to stop obsessive thinking, to moderate your ideas, let go of outmoded views, and instead listen to what others have to say. If you insist with rigid ideas, forcing them on others, or compulsively needing to be heard, you create conflicts difficult to solve. There is a tendency to be dogmatic and uncompromising in your communications, and to control the flow of the conversation trying to inject your words in other people’s minds. It’s best to avoid following agendas and spreading propaganda if you want to maintain peace in your relationships. 

 Jan 29 Mercury semi-sextile Venus represents a challenge to accept criticism and to become more diplomatic to keep harmony. Every time you confront other people’s ideas directly trying to convince them of your point of view, you look for trouble. You take to heart the differences of opinion, become defensive, stubborn or arrogant. Face with those differences, you may completely avoid talking, or end up ascribing your sympathy to someone just because they agree with you. But, conversely, you may avoid saying what you think for fear of being rejected. 

When on Feb 13 Mercury Rx conjoins Venus, then sweet talk, harmony of ideas, and agreements are possible. 

 Feb 7 Rx; Mar 10. Mercury semi-square Chiron has you frustrate your own mental process when you attempt to heal your sense of wounding. You may feel hurt thinking that your ideas are not correct, good enough, viable, or valid. Preoccupied by your own defeating thoughts, you may keep silent and isolated. 

 Feb 10 Rx. Mercury square Mars and you’re ready to argue. If you are not, then others may provoke you with their words or offensive communication, and you may be pushed to start a heated disagreement. 

 Feb 14 Rx; Mar 5. Mercury conjoins Jupiter is the perfect aspect to go viral with a message on social media. Whatever you say publicly reaches Gargantuan proportions and is spread left and right like dust. At the mundane level, the news and information have a wide broadcasting, probably all over the world. These are days to have circumspect conversations and sober verbal expressions. 

Hermes, Messenger of the Gods

How can I take advantage of Mercury Retrograde Period?

Imagine your mind as the Greek God Hermes, with those wings in his feet, even sometimes depicted with a winged helmet, flying here and there and everywhere. Well yes, that's your mind. In fact, it's so unstable and fickle that it is described as the 'monkey' mind. Thank goodness for Mercury Retrograde! Thank goodness for him being so close to the Sun at times! 

At least we have a few opportunities every year to go back over our thoughts, sort them out, and put them in order, make sense of them, discard some, and learn something! The biggest mental quick is, in fact, when Mercury conjoins the Sun. That's the start of his cycle at the inferior conjunction, the New Mercury (emulating the New Moon), when he is between the Earth and Sun (Feb 7 in this cycle). When it is within 8 degrees range of the Sun, the mind is overpowered by the Sun. But at the exact conjunction (cazimi) the sunlight gives greater mental clarity, clearer mental purpose. You align inner concepts with the outer reality. You have sudden new ideas, find solutions, see new possibilities. But if you really want to know all about Mercury cycle, study Astrology with me. I teach all the details about it.

 

Mercury aspects during Retrograde season 

 Jan 20      19º♊️04’ Trine North Node of the Moon 

 Jan 20      18º♓️56’ Semi-sextile Neptune 

Jan 26      25º♑️02’ Semi-sextile Pluto 

Jan 29      26º♑️24’ Semi-sextile Venus 

Jan 30      26º♒️29’ Mercury Retrograde 

Feb 3      25º♑️16’ Semi-sextile Pluto 

Feb 7      20º♒️01' Mercury conjunct Sun!!!!!

Feb 7      6º♈️11’ Semi-square Chiron 

Feb 8      19º♓️31’ Semi-sextile Neptune 

Feb 10      17º♊️59’ Trine North Node of the Moon 

Feb 10      17º♉️43’ Square Mars 

Feb 13      14º♒️42’ Conjunct Venus 

Feb 14      13º♒️20’ Conjunct Jupiter 

Feb 21      11º♒️01’ Mercury S Direct 

Mar 2      15º♊️28’ Trine North Node of the Moon 

Mar 5      17º♒️32’ Conjunct Jupiter 

Mar 8      20º♓️31’ Semi-sextile Neptune 

Mar 10      07º♈️44’ Semi-square Chiron 

Mar 13      26º♑️18’ Semi-sextile Pluto


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